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Guest
post
from
Kathy
Konkel,
Product
Marketing
and
GTM
Strategy,
IBM
Business
Analytics
At
one
of
the
recent
IBM
Performance
events,
Paul
DePodesta,
vice
president
of
player
development
with
the
New
York
Mets,
talked
about
his
experiences
working
with
the
Oakland
A’s
Billy
Beane
to
create
winning
teams
and
completely
change
... [ + Read more ]

Guest
post
by
Brandon
Hurter,
IBM
Segment
Manager,
Private
Cloud
Strategy
and
Market
Segment
Management It
isn't
surprising,
given
the
prognosis
that
the
number
of
enterprises
moving
to
Cloud
will
double
within
the
next
two
years,
that
there's
going
to
be
a
strong
focus
on
Cloud
computing
at
the
IBM
InterConnect
... [ + Read more ]

We're
proceeding
apace
with
preparations
for
Information
On
Demand
2012.
My
calendar's
been
chock-a-block
with
meeting
requests
and
spreadsheets.
Here's
a
summary
of
the
key
things
to
know...so
far.
Early
bird
registration
ends
August
31.
Save
$300
off
the
Standard
Fee
and
$600
off
the
On-Site
fee
when
you
register
... [ + Read more ]

There's
no
end
to
the
news
you
need
to
know
about
the
biggest
event
in
the
IBM
Software
calendar.
Let's
take
a
look:
1.
It's
going
to
be
BIG.
You
can
tell
straight
from
the
titles
of
each
opening
keynote: On
Monday:
Think
Big:
In
a
new
era
of
computing,
the
... [ + Read more ]

Did
you
know
that
92%
of
breached
organizations
don’t
know
they’ve
been
breached?
I
follow
a
lot
of
security
industry
news,
so
it’s
no
surprise
to
me
that
every
morning
I
see
alerts
of
new
breaches,
vulnerabilities
and
“hacktivist”
style
threats.
But
what
does
surprise
me
is
the
impact
this
news
... [ + Read more ]

Welcome
to
part
2
of
my
interview
with
IBM
Champions
Alex
Philp,
Founder
and
CTO
of
TerraEchos
and
Ivo-Paul
Tummers,
CEO
of
Jibes.
In
part
1,
we
explored
strategies
and
algorithms
these
innovators
are
using
to
transform
volume,
variety
and
velocity
into
business
value
for
their
clients.
Here,
we
discuss
... [ + Read more ]

Guest
post
by
Kelsey
Howarth,
IBM
Systems
and
Technology
Group
Enterprises
that
are
embracing
Smarter
Computing
are
unlocking
the
value
of
data
to
leverage
insight
and
information
to
gain
competitive
advantage.
They
are
redefining
their
customer
experience
to
expand
and
capture
new
markets
and
drive
top-line
business
growth.
And
... [ + Read more ]

IBM
announces
InterConnect
2012
at
Resorts
World
Sentosa,
Singapore
from
October
9-11,
2012.
Registration
is
now
open. Follow
us
on:
Twitter:
@IBMInterConnect
|
Facebook
|
Blog
In
this
era
of
interconnected
industries,
businesses
and
consumers,
a
new
kind
of
leadership
is
required
to
turn
opportunity
into
business
outcomes.
Smarter
businesses
are
capitalizing
... [ + Read more ]

IBM
officially
invites
you
to
InterConnect
2012
from
October
9-11
in
Singapore,
where
business
and
IT
leaders
partner
to
turn
opportunities
into
outcomes. In
the
video
below,
IBM
Vice
Presidents
Scott
Hebner
and
John
Dunderdale
explain
how,
on
today's
increasingly
smarter
planet--where
everything
is
becoming
more
interconnected,
instrumented,
and
intelligent--a
new
... [ + Read more ]

Earlier
this
summer,
my
colleague
Larry
Gerard
shared
the
news
about
the
IBM
Security
AppScan
8.6
release.
In
that
release,
we
announced
a
re-architected
next-generation
dynamic
analysis
security
testing
engine
as
part
of
IBM
Security
AppScan
Enterprise.
The
new
engine,
at
the
heart
of
any
web
application
security
analysis
scanner,
... [ + Read more ]

This
week
you're
bound
to
hear
a
lot
of
buzz
around
Analytics
&
Big
Data,
Mobile
Platform
and
Solutions,
Cloud,
Security,
Agility
Commerce,
and
Social
Business
due
the
IBM
TechForum
in
Bangalore,
India
on
August
9.
If
you'd
like
to
tune
into
the
conversations,
you
can
follow
#IBMTechForum
on
Twitter
... [ + Read more ]

At
IBM
InterConnect
2012,
Business
and
IT
leaders
will
focus
on
a
very
popular
hot
topic
to
the
industry
today—how
to
speed
innovation
and
extend
reach
securely
with
mobile
enterprise.
To
learn
more
about
what
we
can
expect
to
see
around
Mobile
Enterprise
at
IBM
InterConnect
2012,
I
interviewed
Tracy
... [ + Read more ]

Guest
post
by
Brian
Fitch,
Product
Manager
for
IBM
Security.
People
spend
a
lot
of
time
pondering
what
the
future
will
hold.
For
those
of
us
working
in
network
security,
we
daydream
about
a
future
full
of
integrated
security
technologies
that
will
simplify
our
jobs.
But
is
that
just
wishful
... [ + Read more ]

IBM
today
announced
the
newest
version
of
IBM
SPSS
Statistics
software,
its
integrated
family
of
products
that
addresses
the
entire
analytical
process,
from
planning
to
data
collection
to
analysis,
reporting
and
deployment.
The
new
enhancements
in
IBM
SPSS
Statistics
v21
ensure
that
the
most
advanced
analytics
techniques
are
available
to
a
... [ + Read more ]

Guest
post
by
Nicholas
G.
Harlow,
product
manager,
IBM
Security.In
traditional
IT
infrastructure,
organizations
controlled
every
aspect
of
the
environment,
from
the
physical
building,
to
the
machine
hardware,
to
the
software
stack,
and
the
data
repositories.
Enforcing
security
in
this
environment
was
easier
because
there
were
fewer
variables
to
control.
... [ + Read more ]

Below
are
the
top
5
reasons
why
you
should
attend
IBM
InterConnect
2012
in
Singapore
from
October
9-11,
2012.
1.
NetworkNetwork
directly
with
peers,
industry
experts
and
IBM
Thought
Leaders
from
across
the
globe
who
are
already
collaborating
to
better
align
business
and
technology
investments. 2.
LearnLearn
from
experts
in
the
... [ + Read more ]

As
you
prepare
to
attend
the
IBM
InterConnect
2012
Conference,
you
may
find
the
following
links
helpful: Main
IBM
InterConnect
Links
Item
URL
InterConnect:
Home
Website
http://ibm.co/LSaMDE
... [ + Read more ]

Guest
post
from
Marygrace
Bateman,
Market
Manager,
IBM
Predictive
Analytics
Solutions
Marketing
With
non-profits
vying
for
fewer
and
fewer
available
dollars,
it’s
important
to
be
“buttoned
up”
when
asking
for
support
–
including
performing
rigorous
program
evaluations
to
justify
continued
funding.
However,
many
find
program
evaluations
as
one
of
their
toughest